A chainsaw operator is now in Police custody after he was busted with 335.9 grams of marijuana on Wednesday morning.
The narcotic found by Police
Region Three Police ranks have said that, acting on information received, the 29-year-old man was busted with the cannabis at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling.
Reports are that at about 10:20h, ranks swooped down on the Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo resident as he was seated in the front passenger seat of a minibus. At the time, he had in his possession a green haversack on his shoulder, and a search carried out on his person and on that haversack unearthed a black, bulky plastic bag with a number of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis.
He was arrested, and escorted to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station, where the suspected narcotics were weighed and amounted to 335.9 grams. The 29-year-old remains in custody pending the laying of charges. (G9)
